Southern Oregon Fly Tyers
Meeting on Tuesday Oct 14th, 2025
6:00 PM
Madrone Hill Mobile Home Park
8401 Old Stage Road, Gold Hill
This evenings tyer:
Kevin Daniels
Kevin will be tying:
BRICK BACK CADDIS
Hook: heavy wire,
long shank with a French curve. Daiichi
1260 sizes 6 – 10
Bead: Black metal,
1/8 inch
Weight: Lead or lead
substitute - one layer 0.015 inch over 1
layer 0.020 inch
Threads: Brown
3/0. You can switch to 8/0 or 6/0 after
abdomen is formed
Abdomen: Amber and
orange rabbit fur mixed with fine chopped silver, pearl and yellow mylar
strands like angel Hair or Lite Brite or
buy Arizona Flyfishing “Skip”s October Caddis” color.
The bars are made with brown
poly yarn or Stretch Flex, Scud Back, or Antron Yarn and. If you want a truly brilliant fly – Krysrtal
Flash or Flashabou.
Legs: One grizzly saddle
feather- dyed brown or brown hen saddle or hen neck hackle.
Eyes: Extra small pre-made
Black plastic barbell eyes. Eyes are optional without a bead, but always
omitted if you use a bead.
Thorax: Dark-brown
rabbit mixed with fine, chopped silver, pearl and brown mylar or dark brown
rabbit or Arizona Flyfishing’s Sparkle Nymph Dubbing in “Dark Brown.”
MIKULAK SEDGE
October Caddis Version
Hook: light wire, 2
XL, size 6-8
Thread: Orange - 8/0 or 6/0
Tail: Part of the
wing, natural light-brown elk hair
Wing and body: Sections of natural light-brown elk hair and
yellow-orange synthetic Dubbing: (Antron,
Superfine Dry Fly Dubbing, poly dubbing.)
Hackle: One, brown
Head: The butts of
the final bunch of elk hair, cut straight across, over the eye.
